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MEET “CLONY” DUNGY: MIKE BOSTIC BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO COLTS HALL OF FAME COACH
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11 What Happened to Good
Sportsmanship? Former High School, College and Pro Refs Say it’s Getting Worse
14 September’s Luckiest Hoosier Alive: James Thompson
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CONDUCTING A DREAM JERRY TORR TO CONDUCT AT THE PALLADIUM
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State Representative Jerry Torr has served his constituents in House District 39 for more than 21 years and is Vice President of Commercial Business Development for Hamilton National Title. But it is his volunteer position as a member of the Board for the Carmel Symphony Orchestra that helps keep him grounded in his first true love — music. Torr began playing the trumpet in the 5th or 6th grade until summer marching band practices at Greencastle High School conflicted with 4-H, so he picked up the guitar. While reading Guitar Player Magazine, Torr learned about the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, then known as the Guitar Institute of Technology, or GIT. GIT was started by Howard Roberts, a long time “first call” guy, which meant that when a guitarist was needed in a recording studio, Roberts was the top guitarist on the list. “You’ve heard his work a thousand times but probably weren’t aware of it,” says Torr or Roberts’ work. “The school began as a trade school for guitar players.” Torr spent first semester of his freshman year at Hanover College
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and somehow during Christmas break, Torr convinced his parents to let him leave Hanover for GIT. What followed was an intensive of guitar-focused music education. Courses included Psychology of Music, Music Theory and Composition. The Composition instructor, Mundell Lowe, taught orchestration and film scoring. Torr was hooked. “It was clear from the beginning of that course that I was the only student engaged with the topic, so Mundell spent a lot of time with me cultivating my interest,” Torr says. “Mundell took me to a few tapings of the Merv Griffin show. Mundell wrote music for a couple of movies and a lot of television shows.” Torr was able to witness the scoring process and took a strong interest in composing, but he came home after graduating in the first graduating class of GIT. He had a girlfriend at Purdue, was 20 years old, and went to work putting together a demo tape of 12-13 snippets, many of which feature jazz combos or full orchestras. Torr experienced little to no interest in the demo tape, but kept composing as a passion. As a member of the search committee for the new Music Director for the Carmel Symphony Orchestra, reviewing all 130-plus applicants brought back memories of Torr’s past. Inspired by the task, Torr brought each of the committee members a copy of his old demo recording to their final meeting, never dreaming he would be asked to conduct it at the Palladium. “I can’t remember whether I composed it while I was still in Hollywood or after I got back home to Greencastle,” Torr says. “The original score has some notes in the margins that aren’t mine and aren’t Mundell Lowe’s handwriting, so I suspect they were from Dr. Smith at DePauw, with whom I had some private study with after I got back to Indiana.” The piece, titled “Fanfare for a New Era” composed, and will be conducted, by Torr at the first concert of the season, introducing the new Music Director, Janna Hynes, on October 14th.
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In 2015, two high school football players in Texas attacked a referee during a game, with one of them knocking him to the ground and the other spearing him in the back with his helmet. A coach later admitted ordering the attack due to “bad calls”. Last year in Beech Grove, a youth football coach was arrested for assaulting a referee during a game between two teams of second-graders. For as long as there have been competitive sports, fans, coaches and players have criticized officials. But there is
a growing sense that anger at bad — or even just adverse — calls has slipped the leash and mutated into abuse and, in some cases, violence. Chris Purvis is a seasoned lacrosse official who sits on the board of the Indiana Lacrosse Officials Association. “Sportsmanship has absolutely gotten worse,” he says. “What’s really alarming to me is the behavior of young players. They’re disrespectful not only to officials, but to their opponents. Kids will make an obvious foul, and they’re throwing up their hands, like ‘Are you kidding me?’ Meanwhile, the TownePost.com / SEPTEMBER 2017 / INDY METRO
coach isn’t reinforcing what they did wrong. He’s saying the official was wrong, so that just perpetuates the behavior.” Purvis says that summer travel league tournaments are even worse. “I worked a summer game this year where parents were literally fighting in the stands, and the police were called,” Purvis says. “For a contest between eight-year-olds. We’ve lost a lot of officials who just say, ‘I don’t need this.’" While participation in youth sports is exploding, the pool of qualified officials is
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three or four years of tournament experience. If you haven’t worked that type of game, you’re going to be overwhelmed.” In April of this year, NFHS embarked on a national recruitment campaign focused on encouraging high school athletes to stay involved in sports by getting their officiating license. But most areas of the country have continued to see a reduction in the number of people willing to put on a striped shirt. More than 20 states have found it necessary to enact criminal penalties against fans who attack referees. In Kentucky, it's now a Class D felony to “intentionally cause or attempt to cause physical injury to a sports official.” Similar legislation was proposed in Indiana but has yet to be passed. Some leagues have addressed the sportsmanship deficit by increasing the severity of penalties for bad behavior. Indianapolis Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) has imposed a policy of disqualification for players or coaches on the first technical foul for high school games. Maybe the problem is rooted in the overall coarsening of public behavior or the general lack of tolerance in society. “I think it’s the pressure,” Purvis says. “Pressure on players and pressure on parents. Everybody wants their kid to be a Division I star.”
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“How did you spot the trap? Thompson asked.
In 1971, Carmel resident James Thompson was in Vietnam where he was assigned as an advisor to the field maintenance unit of the Vietnamese Air Force division. The Chinook helicopter rotor blades were made of a composite sandwich material that was a fiberglass over a honeycomb and it had the bad habit of unbonding. Though they had a test set to check for issues, it often went on the fritz. One day, Thompson was tasked with finding a helicopter pilot to fly the test set from Bien Hoa Air Base to the Army’s depot ship at Vung Tau for repairs.
“It’s an old VC trick in which they set up butterflies,” the pilot explained, using his hands to imitate the broad wings of a butterfly. “They’re the size of two ping-pong paddles and painted to blend in with the grass. When the rotor downwash hits them, they collapse like this.” He moved his palms from a spread-out position to a praying pose. “That sets off Claymore mines all around the landing zone that detonate horizontally, making mincemeat out of a Huey and everyone inside it.”
“I located a seasoned army pilot on his third tour in Vietnam,” Thompson says. On their way back from Vung Tau, they got a radio call asking if they could pick up an American chaplain and drop him at a leper colony to distribute food and clothing. They agreed, so after dropping off cargo for the Vietnam Air Force, they picked up the chaplain and two security guards. “I’d brought along my camera and was snapping photos of the lush, green countryside,” recalls Thompson, who grew suspicious as they approached the leper colony and didn’t see a soul in sight. “It seemed odd since usually a mob of people is waiting to swarm the chopper to receive the precious cargo.”
“You clearly saved our bacon today,” said Thompson, who had a wife and two young daughters back home. It seems it was radio communication that gave the Viet Cong the chance to set the trap. “The VC listened on every frequency, so when they heard that we were going to drop off the test set and pick up the chaplain and his supplies, that gave them plenty of time to set up the mines,” says Thompson, who was in Vietnam for just one year. During that year, he got shot at a handful of times, always when he was in a chopper. “They were lousy shots. They always hit the tail rotor,” Thompson says. “The near-landing at the leper colony was the only time I ever was in real peril over there.”
As they were letting down, suddenly the pilot pulled up on the collective control so violently that it threw the chaplain and his guards to the floor. Thompson reflexively reached to grab one of the Despite the peril, Thompson says he enjoyed his tour in Vietnam. guard’s M-16 rifles from flying out the open side door. “I grew to really like the Vietnamese,” Thompson says. “They’re “What was that about?” Thompson called to the pilot on his headset. clever, wonderful, industrious people.” “The landing zone was mined,” the pilot responded. The close brush with death left Thompson shaky, though even as they returned to Bien Hoa he thought, “Hey, this is a war zone. This kind of thing is expected.”
Thompson, who was raised in Indianapolis, attended Arsenal Tech High School, and received a degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue, served 23 years in the Air Force before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1980.
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Customers at the salon modeled the clothes and on Black Friday 2012, the Smiths launched their online store Closet Candy Boutique. “We thought we’d do this on the side, but in the span of 60 days, it took over our lives,” Christina says. “It was insane the way it took off.” Closet Candy primarily sells comfortable everyday women’s clothing. Maxi dresses are a hot seller in the summer while boots, leggings and cardigans are popular pieces in the fall. “Our customers like that sweet spot price point — the $29 top and the $40 dress,” Christina says. “So, that’s where we try to stay.” Last month, the couple broadened their scope by opening a brick-andmortar store in Carmel. Though they have plans to ultimately open stores across the country, they wanted to open their first one here in Indiana because Chad hails from Kokomo and attended Purdue.
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The couple, passionate about charity work, is eager to share their good fortune with organizations such as the Wounded Warrior Project, Feed My Starving Children and Wheeler Mission. “Last year we donated nearly $40,000 of clothing and shoes to Wheeler Mission,” Christina says. “We love that they are a faith-based charity that does so much for this community. We’re motivated to do more so that we can give more.” For more info on Closet Candy Boutique visit them online at closetcandy.com or give them a call at 317-804-5358.
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Childcare Centers. “Our kids enroll into a homeroom setting, and from there, they experience seven different specialty learning environments, including a math and science lab, art studio, television studio, library, garden center, a miniature city and a professional-grade cooking classroom. Each of these environments is utilized to reinforce curriculum concepts initiated in the homeroom setting.” For example, if the subject of the day in homeroom is “apples,” in Picture Paradise, the kids might perform a news broadcast about the weather and discuss how the rain will help their apples grow. In Laboratory Lagoon, they’ll study the science of why the combination of rain and sun helps the apples grow. In Culinary Creations, the preschoolers may mix and measure ingredients to make apple pie.
“Many people are talking about STEM learning these days,” says Petersen, referring to the acronym that stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “CLA takes STEM a step further by teaching a STEAM approach where the ‘A’ is for art.” Another distinguishing factor of CLA is the Studio, an idea conceived when one of the founders saw his wife carting their daughter back and forth across town for various lessons and practices and thought, “Wouldn’t it be convenient if we just had one place where children could do it all?” The Studio is designed to do just that. Offering instruction in martial arts, gymnastics, cheerleading, yoga, dance and music, the Studio is a one-stop-shop for shaping students’ extracurricular activities. Dance styles include hip hop, Zumba, ballet and tap. In music classes, students can learn bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, drum and vocals. “We are the leader in after-school and summer camp offerings for school-age children [in that we] bring something to the table no other provider does,” Petersen SAUS. “We dedicate an entire wing of our campus — approximately 10,000 square feet — to K-6th graders with amenities designed around their interests.” This includes bowling lanes (yes, the real thing, with ball return and automatic scoring), indoor basketball court, iPads, Xbox Kinect, cooking school, and modern dance studio, complete with a light-up floor and 16-screen video wall. While many preschool academies only employ a director and an assistant director, CLA has an impressive and extensive support staff that includes eight managers, each assigned to a specific role ( like accountant, health & safety, etc.), in addition to the director, assistant director and all of the teachers. Students love traveling around the 33,000sq. ft. school and enjoying the amazing amenities. Parents appreciate the school’s advanced security system, which includes
securely fenced playgrounds, a bank of surveillance monitors, fingerprint scanner for pick-up and locked doors with a “buzz in” system. Sara Baldwin-Schatz, who has sent her 3-year-old son to Carmel’s CLA for several months, is impressed by the advances her child has made in such a brief time. “He’s only going part-time and I can already see a difference in the way he processes information,” BaldwinSchatz says. “He has become even more analytical and his counting has improved greatly. He spouts off info about bugs, plants, the weather and more.” Petersen has attended CLA grand openings throughout the country, and, without fail, he always witnesses two constants at every opening. “Parents say to me, ‘I wish we had this when we were kids,’” Petersen says. “Also, there’s always at least one child who gets dragged out while crying because he or she doesn’t want to leave.” Who can blame them? Adventures are awesome! Note: A CLA center is currently being built in Fishers and is scheduled to open in early-to-mid-fall 2017. The Carmel Children’s Learning Adventure is located at 760 E. 116th Street. For more information, visit childrenslearningadventure.com.
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A new app-based, peer-to-peer delivery service is gaining momentum in Indianapolis. Roadie, a less expensive, more convenient way to ship items of all shapes and sizes, is also a fabulous way for folks looking to make a few extra bucks as it’s designed for those who are already headed in a specific direction to pick up and deliver items along their route. “It’s similar to Uber and Lyft, but it moves things rather than people,” says Kelly Bailey, who has worked as a Roadie drive for about a year. “Let’s say you’re taking a road trip to the Ozarks. Just open up your Roadie app, plug in your destination, and find out if there are any gigs available along the way.”
Marc Gorling, founder and CEO of Roadie, got the idea for his app-based shipping company when he was working on a home renovation project and wanted to find an economical and efficient way to ship boxes of tile to his house from a few hours away. “What if someone was already headed in this direction?” he thought. “If they were coming this way anyway and were willing to transport those tiles for a fee, we would both stand to gain.” A customer who has an item to send simply posts a gig online or on their phone. Then Roadie matches them with a driver who is already going that direction. Senders not only save money on shipping but on not having to box or package their items. Plus, they enjoy personalized pick-up and delivery service. TownePost.com / SEPTEMBER 2017 / INDY METRO
Bailey notes that Roadie is a great way to earn extra cash when you’re going on vacation. It’s also ideal for college students who need extra bucks for books or coffee or retirees who may appreciate making a little extra dough during their post-career travels. “It’s not a full-time job, by any means, but it’s a convenient way to make some extra cash,” says Bailey, noting that thanks to money earned from Roadie, her daughter will graduate from Purdue this year debt-free. “I’m hyped about the service — not just for the company but also for the community. There are many opportunities for residents in Indianapolis to make money driving for Roadie.” For those interested in becoming a driver, all it takes is to sign up, create gig alerts and make offers on gigs you can take. Convenient and easy, drivers set their own schedule and earn rewards such as roadside assistance and free food from Waffle House. Cost for shipping items is calculated based on weight of the item and distance traveled. Most local gigs will cost between $8 and $50, while long-distance gigs with oversized items may cost up to $650. Shipping pets is more but Roadie uses people who are certified to deliver animals cross-country and who make frequent stops along the way to feed, exercise and provide extra TLC to their precious cargo. “Anything that’s hard to ship you can move with Roadie — furniture, televisions, bikes, golf clubs,” Bailey says. “We do everything but haul vehicles.”
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MEET "CLONY" DUNGY MIKE BOSTIC BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO COLTS HALL OF FAME COACH
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The similarities between Mike Bostic and former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy are far from strictly physical. It is the striking physical likeness that initially prompted Bostic to don the guise of what he calls Clony Dungy for Colts home games and special events like the Pro Football Ultimate Fan Association’s (PFUFA) annual four-day summer event in Canton, Ohio. But the coaching philosophies and professionalism Dungy brought to bear as a coach provided the true inspiration for Bostic — not only in assuming the appearance of the beloved football figure, who served as Colts coach from 2002 through 2008, but also in his own 15-year career as a sports coach.
says Bostic, who began his coaching career alongside his former tennis coach at Lawrence North High School before coaching tennis at Carmel High School from 2000 to 2015. “He put the players first, and he put his family first. He based his coaching on principles that I could really relate to. It’s kind of a tribute to him and all he did for Indianapolis.”
he cut up a sweater to resemble a sweater vest and transformed a pair of his wife’s earmuffs into a makeshift headset. “It was hysterical seeing people’s reactions,” Bostic recalls. “A few years later my wife surprised me with Colts season tickets. When we were leaving the first preseason game, some lady that passed me on the street said, ‘Hey, you look like Dungy!’ I wasn’t even dressed like him. I’ve been going to every game since, for the last four seasons, dressed like coach Dungy, and it’s just a blast. I get a lot of double takes.”
Something about Dungy’s successful coaching approach, which led to a Super Bowl championship in 2007, must have rubbed off on Bostic. The northeast Indianapolis native and Ball State University grad won eight state championships as head During Bostic’s first trip to Canton for the annual PFUFA event, Dungy happened to coach during his 15 years coaching tennis be speaking at a local church nearby. Bostic for the Carmel Greyhounds. ended up attending the speaking event, and was afterwards finally able to shake In 2009, Bostic accompanied his sons the hand of the man he admires – and Emerson, 14, and Michael, 12, to the resembles – so much. Indianapolis Zoo’s annual Halloween “It’s more than just a costume for me, ZooBoo event and, on a whim, decided to because when I was coaching I really tried to throw together an impromptu Tony Dungy “Last year I got to meet him again at the emulate how he approached his profession,” costume. To approximate the Dungy look, Steelers game on Thanksgiving,” Bostic says. TownePost.com / SEPTEMBER 2017 / INDY METRO
“He’s been really great. He follows me on social media, and he’s a good sport about it. I told him that it’s fun for me, but it’s also in honor of a great coach and a great person.” This year marks Bostic’s twentieth as a physical education teacher at Forest Dale Elementary School, and in 2015 he decided to retire from coaching tennis to free up time with his family. The Clony Dungy persona isn’t his only family-oriented hobby these days. When his basement flooded last year, Bostic decided to renovate the space into what he calls a Colts Cave, including a painstakingly detailed, smallscale replica of Lucas Oil Stadium. With no woodworking experience, the diehard Colts fan studied countless photos of the stadium, bought the necessary materials and got busy. “There’s still stuff I want to add to it, like figures of the entire Super Bowl roster from the ‘06-‘07 championship team,” he says. “That’ll be a good winter project to go down there and work on that. It’s a nice stress relief.” That’s only one of several ongoing projects that keep Bostic occupied these days. A few years back, he fashioned a Lego figurine to resemble Dungy for he and his kids to play with. They began taking staged photos of what they affectionately called Lego Clony Dungy, and a request from a colleague prompted a huge idea for the tiny figurine. “A coworker of mine at school said she was going to Texas to see her son graduate from the Air Force, and asked to take the
Bostic and his sons got to meet former Colts head coach, Tony Dungy, last year.
Lego Dungy and take pictures around San Antonio,” Bostic says. “From there, I created a Facebook page and got it into my head that I was going to send the figure with family and friends all over the world and set the goal of sending a figurine to every continent.” Bostic then crafted a few more Lego Dungys to send to friends and strangers alike, and since then the figurines have had their pictures taken all over the world including the White House, Italy, Ireland, Jerusalem and even the South Pole. A different kind of creative breakthrough came last Thanksgiving when Bostic was attending the Steelers vs. Colts game in Indianapolis. He noticed scores of fans spinning souvenir towels around the stadium and realized he could create a more unique product fans could spin to create excitement during games. The result is Rally Rings, which Bostic says is a combination of a foam finger, a rally towel
and a fidget spinner. “We decided to patent the spin mechanism and create a product that you can take to high schools, colleges and pro sports,” he says. “It’s gotten to the point now where we can sell them to any high school and they can print the school logo on it and put a corporate sponsor on the back, and do it as a giveaway at a game. So, we’re trying to break into that promotional market now.” Bostic says his seemingly endless energy for all his various hobbies comes from a desire to stay connected with his local community and create unique family memories at the same time. “I like to have goals and be creative,” Bostic says. “My boys have fun with all these projects and things as well. It’s created a lot of cool memories for them. I’m sure they’ll look back and say, ‘Man, my dad was crazy, but it was really a lot of fun.’”
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Camel may be miles away from the west coast, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the same quality cuisine with the same presentation style. Los Arroyos, an innovative, upscale Mexican restaurant that first opened in Santa Barbara, California, has since expanded five locations and chose Carmel as one of them. Along with what owner and chef Tony Arroyo calls fresh, quality and crafted-to-order dishes, Los Arroyos brings this concept to the area. Los Arroyos is a space Arroyo says is a “friendly, home-style environment that anyone can enjoy.” It’s top quality, but an inviting place for
anyone wanting to indulge in authentic food. It’s also more than just a great place to eat. Arroyo’s story is the epitome of the American dream. He came to the U.S. with nothing in his pocket and a “big dream and an idea.” The dream evolved, and today Los Arroyos is growing in popularity. Despite its success, he hasn’t lost sight of what is most important.
of Michoacán, where he was born, but he does emphasize that what he learned about cooking came from his mother. “My mom taught me all of the recipes that our customers have come to know and love,” he says. “She showed me how to cook with passion and was my main influence.”
Customers can try the Mexican classics like flautitas, tacos, fajitas, sopes or pozoles, or more innovative dishes like their lobster “Though my string of restaurants is growing, quesadillas and crab enchiladas. There’s I still like to stay true to the belief that it’s even a dish called molcajete, a traditional about family always,” Arroyo says. dish of fresh shrimp, chorizo, homemade salsa and napale, a Mexican cactus served in a molten lava rock, imported from Mexico. So, it’s no surprise that Los Arroyos’ If you’re feeling like a big spender, there’s food comes from Arroyo’s family recipes. the $350 margarita, which uses the Clase Arroyo explains that he doesn’t classify his Azul Ultra Extra Añejo tequila. dishes as coming from the Mexican state 34 / CARMEL MAGAZINE / SEPTEMBER 2017 / atCarmel.com
But don’t worry, not all of the menu items are in the hundreds. A typical dinner will run you between $13 to $20 a person. If there’s one thing that Carmel manager Christiano Rodrigues and Arroyo emphasize, it’s that Los Arroyos’ food is fresh, made to order and delicious. When people come into Los Arroyos, Rodrigues says, they usually expect a typical Mexican experience, similar to the other Mexican restaurants in the area. But from the minute they walk in the door, they notice a difference. For example, order their queso dip, says Rodrigues, you’ll notice it isn’t the run-of-the-mill melted cheese dip. Los Arroyos serves a blend of five real cheeses. The chefs are carefully selected, assuring you’ll get the best culinary experience. Their Carmel chef spent months in training in California with Lorenzo Arroyo, the executive chef, and then came back with Lorenzo for even more training. The quality of service, ingredients and atmosphere make for an unforgettable experience for customers, something that Arroyo hopes each one enjoys. “I want Los Arroyos to be your home away from home,” Arroyo says. Los Arroyos is located at 11503 Spring Mill Rd., Suite 100 in Carmel. atCarmel.com / SEPTEMBER 2017 / CARMEL MAGAZINE / 35
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It was a dream that was 40 years in the making, but last fall Mary Frost, just shy of her 98th birthday, saw it come to fruition when she put the finishing touches on her 5 ft. x 5 ft. dollhouse — a perfect replica of the Governor’s Mansion in Williamsburg, Virginia. “She was the quintessential mother, but she also loved both art and history,” says daughter, Mary Eckard, noting that raising seven children left little time for hobbies. After her children were grown, however, Frost could finally delve into her
passion project. At age 57, she asked her husband, Charles, to build her the shell of the house and she took it from there. She bought scores of historical books on the Williamsburg palace and studied them closely to ensure each room was accurate. “The attention to detail was astounding,” Eckard. says “Little birds on the mantle. Portraits on the wall. One of the rooms has weapons covering the ceilings and walls. My siblings and I helped paint each of those guns. Every time I stepped inside the house, she’d hand me a paintbrush.”
got used to entertaining around it. After Charles died, Frost moved from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Mobile, Alabama. She took her cherished dollhouse with her, still under construction. She even moved from a three to a four-bedroom home so that she could devote an entire room to a workspace for the palace.
Losing her husband and then many of her friends was hard on Frost, but the thing that anchored her to what life had been was the Williamsburg house. So, she continued to work on it daily with the help of family, friends and folks from the Mobile For years, the house remained on a turntable in the dining room. The family just Miniature Club. 36 / CARMEL MAGAZINE / SEPTEMBER 2017 / atCarmel.com
After Frost passed away in December 2016, her children worked hard to find the perfect recipient for the palace — someone who would not only take care of it but would also fully appreciate all the painstaking work that went into creating it. Eckard called the Museum of Science and Industry, the Art Institute of Chicago, and a bunch of other galleries, but no one could assure her that the house would remain on exhibit indefinitely. Ultimately, Frost’s children felt like the ideal fit was the Hamilton County Park system. A dedication ceremony will take place at Coxhall on September 14. It will be open to the public thereafter. “The time, money, energy and passion mother put into it was remarkable,” Eckart says. “But she wanted the house to be a treasure for the future and a treasure for this community.” Frost’s children — Mary, Laura, Margaret, Martha, Jim, Charles, Jr. and Dick —are all proud of what their mother created. “She certainly set a phenomenal example for me and my brothers and sisters about the power of perseverance and passion in life,” Eckard says. “The Williamsburg mansion represents a lifestyle and history that’s long since been forgotten by a lot of people. That’s why she wanted it to be around for generations to come.”
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